Iraq Oil

Iraq in talks with Halliburton, Saudi Aramco to develop oil, gas in western desert

Hussein said he hopes the parties reach an agreement soon, according to the st Iraq in talks with Halliburton, Saudi Aramco to develop oil, gas in western desert Verity Ratcliffe 2/22/2022 (Bloomberg) — Iraq is in talks with Halliburton Co. and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to carry out oil and gas developments in the west of the […]

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US, Iraq discuss rising oil prices and war in Ukraine

Hussein said he hopes the parties reach an agreement soon, according to the statement.  The six countrie ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A US diplomatic delegation on Monday met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Baghdad and discussed the economic and security ramifications of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on the Middle East and the world. 

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U.S. crude inventories depleting at record pace on surging oil demand

Over the last four weeks total stockpiles, including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, have fallen at a rate of 1.15 million barrels a day, marking the largest four-week decline on a rolling basis in Energy Information Administration Data going back to 1982. Meanwhile, Nymex calendar spreads rallied Wednesday, with the September West Texas Intermediate futures contract

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Iraq estimates that $150 billion of its oil money has been stolen from the country since the US-led invasion of 2003

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)An estimated $150 billion of stolen money has been smuggled out of Iraq in corrupt deals since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraqi President Barham Salih said Sunday.”Of the close to a thousand billion dollars made from oil since 2003, an estimated $150 billion of stolen money has been smuggled out of Iraq,” Salih said

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Chinese firm to develop Iraq gas field

Beijing-based China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has won a contract to develop the Iraq Mansuriya gas field near the Iranian border, according to a statement from the country’s Oil Ministry. Beijing-based China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has won a contract to develop the Iraq Mansuriya gas field near the Iranian border, according to

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Will Iraq Become A Petrochemicals Powerhouse?

There are three key reasons why the development of a world-class petrochemicals (petchems) sector is vital to Iraq’s future. First, its heavy reliance on crude oil exports makes it extremely financially vulnerable both to downturns in the oil price and to the political whims of its fellow OPEC members, especially Saudi Arabia. Second, plain crude

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Could Iraq Really Become OPEC’s Largest Oil Producer?

Iraq’s Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, announced last week that the country plans to increase its oil production capacity to 8 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2029, compared to current production of around 3.8 million bpd that factors in OPEC-mandated cuts. Based on its vast oil resources there is no insurmountable reason why this output

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Iraqi oil minister reveals plans to boost production to 8 million barrels by 2029

Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar said that his country plans to increase its oil production capacity to 8 million barrels of oil per day by 2029, compared to current production of 4.8 million barrels per day, Asharq Business reported. He said that production capacity could reach 12 million barrels of oil per day. However he

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